It's The Little Things That Make Us Happy .....

Today I rang the farmer in my village to ask if he had any well rotted manure for sale. He said, the one thing he has plenty of is muck, lol. I said I would like a load please and access isn’t a problem – it can be tipped at the top of the garden on a large tarpaulin.

He said a load is 6 ton – would that be too much. Hmmmm, wasnt sure, so asked the price. £30 for the 6 ton he replied but there will be alot – deal I said. He will be delivering tomorrow or Friday – how good is that. Some companies on the net want £5 for a bag never mind for a ton.

I want to mulch the beds and then have a muck heap that I can use as and when so it will be perfect.

Must be a sign of age when one can get excited over a pile of muck.
:-)

The cow muck has arrived ….

The good news is – it was a 6 ton trailer rather than 6 tons in weight and it doesnt smell!

What do you all think? Do you think its well rotted enough to use some immediately.

Comments

LOL!! where there's muck there's brass Arlene!! Yes i had a woman came round last year and for a (small bag and i mean small) she wanted a fiver!!! Good lord i said at the riding stable where my daughter goes its free!!! She left quickly, cheeky woman!

Wow, that is one heck of a lot of muck! Hope you have a really big tarpaulin. Just a quick question is this flower or veggie beds you are planning on mulching with the muck? Just a concern that it could be too strong and burn the plants.

I know Sewing, some people are charging a fortune for the stuff. Sandra: Hadnt thought Bonnie would like to tuck in, yuk, I'll have to watch her.
MoonGrower: Hadnt thought of it burning the plants - does well rotten do that? Its for the herbaceous borders not veg - what do you think? Ha ha, hope the tarpaulin is big enough too.

Hi Dawn , I was telling Tony about your lovely load of expected horse manure , he laughed ! . the previous owners here had stables and horses in the field in front of us and kindly told us we could use as much as we liked , we took them up on their offer .. because the horses eat Hay we had grass growing everywhere .. LOL .. I hope you don,t have this problem ... :o)